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(a moving engine for pulling a train, or a fixed engine, driven by steam.)steam engine n máquina de vapor: motor m de vapora) ( Mech Eng) motor m de or a vaporb) (esp BrE Rail) locomotora f or máquina f de or a vapor* * *a) ( Mech Eng) motor m de or a vaporb) (esp BrE Rail) locomotora f or máquina f de or a vapor -
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3 steam engine indicator
nHYDRAUL indicador de máquina de vapor mEnglish-Spanish technical dictionary > steam engine indicator
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s.1 máquina de vapor, máquina a vapor, motor de vapor, vapora.2 turbina de vapor. -
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6 intermediate-cylinder steam engine
nHYDRAUL motor de vapor con cilindro intermedio mEnglish-Spanish technical dictionary > intermediate-cylinder steam engine
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sti:m
1. noun1) (a gas or vapour that rises from hot or boiling water or other liquid: Steam rose from the plate of soup / the wet earth in the hot sun; a cloud of steam; (also adjective) A sauna is a type of steam bath.)2) (power or energy obtained from this: The machinery is driven by steam; Diesel fuel has replaced steam on the railways; (also adjective) steam power, steam engines.)
2. verb1) (to give out steam: A kettle was steaming on the stove.)2) ((of a ship, train etc) to move by means of steam: The ship steamed across the bay.)3) (to cook by steam: The pudding should be steamed for four hours.)•- steam-- steamer
- steamy
- steamboat
- steamship
- steam engine
- steam roller
- full steam ahead
- get steamed up
- get up steam
- let off steam
- run out of steam
- steam up
- under one's own steam
steam1 n vaporsteam2 vb1. echar vapor / humear2. cocinar al vaportr[stiːm]1 (gen) vapor nombre masculino1 SMALLCOOKERY/SMALL (vegetables) cocer al vapor1 (boat) echar vapor; (soup, drink, etc) humear\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLfull steam ahead! ¡avante toda!, ¡a todo vapor!to get steamed up indignarse ( about, por)to do something under one's own steam hacer algo por sus propios mediosto get up steam (person) acelerarse 2 (project etc) coger impulso 3 (engine etc) dar presión, cobrar velocidadto go full steam ahead ir viento en popato let off steam desfogarse, desahogarseto run out of steam quedar agotado,-a, quemarseto steam a letter open abrir una carta con vaporsteam bath baño de vaporsteam engine (locomotive) locomotora de vapor, máquina de vapor 2 (engine) motor nombre masculino de vaporsteam iron plancha de vaporsteam ['sti:m] vi: echar vaporto steam away: moverse echando vaporsteam vt1) : cocer al vapor (en cocina)2)to steam open : abrir con vaporsteam n1) : vapor m2)to let off steam : desahogarseadj.• de vapor adj.n.• vaho s.m.• vapor s.m.v.• avahar v.• cocer al vapor v.• echar vapor v.• empañar v.• funcionar a vapor v.• humear v.stiːm
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mass noun vapor mto get up steam — ( lit) \<\<engine/driver\>\> dar* presión
to let off steam — desahogarse*, dar* rienda suelta a su (or mi etc) indignación (or energía etc)
to run out of steam — \<\<person/project\>\> perder* ímpetu
under one's own steam — por sus (or mis etc) propios medios; (before n)
steam iron — plancha f de vapor
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a) ( Culin) \<\<vegetables/rice\>\> cocinar or cocer* al vapor; \<\<pudding\>\> cocinar or cocer* al baño (de) Maríab)to steam a letter open — abrir* una carta con vapor
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vi1) ( give off steam) echar vapor; \<\<hot food\>\> humear2) (+ adv compl)•Phrasal Verbs:- steam up[stiːm]1.N vapor mto get up or pick up steam — dar presión
full steam ahead! — (Naut) ¡a todo vapor!
- go full steam ahead with sth- let off steam- run out of steam2. VT1) (Culin) cocer al vapor2)3. VI1) (=give off steam) echar vapor2) (=move)we were steaming at 12 knots — íbamos a 12 nudos, navegábamos a 12 nudos
to steam ahead — (lit) avanzar; (fig) adelantarse mucho
4.CPDsteam bath N — baño m de vapor
steam engine N — máquina f de vapor
steam hammer N — martillo m pilón
steam heat N — calor m por vapor
steam iron N — plancha f de vapor
steam organ N — órgano m de vapor
steam room N — sauna f finlandesa, sala f de vapor
steam shovel N — (US) pala f mecánica de vapor, excavadora f
steam train N — tren m de vapor
steam turbine N — turbina f de vapor
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mass noun vapor mto get up steam — ( lit) \<\<engine/driver\>\> dar* presión
to let off steam — desahogarse*, dar* rienda suelta a su (or mi etc) indignación (or energía etc)
to run out of steam — \<\<person/project\>\> perder* ímpetu
under one's own steam — por sus (or mis etc) propios medios; (before n)
steam iron — plancha f de vapor
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a) ( Culin) \<\<vegetables/rice\>\> cocinar or cocer* al vapor; \<\<pudding\>\> cocinar or cocer* al baño (de) Maríab)to steam a letter open — abrir* una carta con vapor
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vi1) ( give off steam) echar vapor; \<\<hot food\>\> humear2) (+ adv compl)•Phrasal Verbs:- steam up -
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'en‹in
1. noun1) (a machine in which heat or other energy is used to produce motion: The car has a new engine.) motor2) (a railway engine: He likes to sit in a seat facing the engine.) máquina, locomotora•- engineer
2. verb(to arrange by skill or by cunning means: He engineered my promotion.) crear; tramar, maquinarengine n1. motor2. locomotoratr['enʤɪn]1 motor nombre masculino2 (of train) máquina, locomotora\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLengine driver maquinista nombre masulino o femeninoengine room sala de máquinasengine ['ɛnʤən] n1) motor: motor m2) locomotive: locomotora f, máquina fn.• locomotora s.f.• motor s.m.• máquina s.f.'endʒən, 'endʒɪna) ( motor) motor mthe ship's engines — las máquinas del barco; (before n)
to have engine trouble — tener* problemas con el motor
b) ( locomotive) locomotora f, máquina f['endʒɪn]1. N1) (=motor) (in car, ship, plane) motor m2) (Rail) locomotora f, máquina f2.CPDengine block N — (Aut) bloque m del motor
engine driver N — (Brit) [of train] maquinista mf
engine failure N — avería f del motor
engine room N — (Naut) sala f de máquinas
engine shed N — (Brit) (Rail) cochera f de tren
engine trouble N — = engine failure
* * *['endʒən, 'endʒɪn]a) ( motor) motor mthe ship's engines — las máquinas del barco; (before n)
to have engine trouble — tener* problemas con el motor
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noun (a vessel in which water is heated or steam is produced.) calderaboiler n calderatr['bɔɪləSMALLr/SMALL]1 caldera2 (fowl) gallina (que sólo sirve para el caldo)\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLboiler suit (overalls) monoboiler ['bɔɪlər] n: caldera fn.• caldera s.f.• hervidor s.m.• marmita s.f.• olla s.f.'bɔɪlər, 'bɔɪlə(r)a) ( water heater) (BrE) caldera f, calentador mb) ( in steam engine) caldera f['bɔɪlǝ(r)]1. N1) (for central heating) caldera f ; (in ship, engine) calderas fpl ; (Brit) (for washing clothes) caldero m, calefón m (S. Cone)2) (Culin) gallina f vieja2.CPDboiler room N — sala f de calderas
boiler suit N — (Brit) mono m, overol m (LAm), mameluco m (S. Cone)
* * *['bɔɪlər, 'bɔɪlə(r)]a) ( water heater) (BrE) caldera f, calentador mb) ( in steam engine) caldera f -
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1) (a tube which is wide-mouthed at one end and narrow-mouthed at the other through which liquid can be poured into a narrow bottle etc: You will need a funnel if you are going to pour petrol into that can.) embudo2) (a chimney on a ship etc through which smoke escapes.) chimenea, conducto de humosfunnel n1. embudouse a funnel to pour the liquid into the bottle utiliza un embudo para verter el líquido en la botella2. chimeneatr['fʌnəl]1 (for liquid) embudo2 (chimney) chimenea1 verter por un embudo1 verterse1 figurative use encauzarfunnel n1) : embudo m2) smokestack: chimenea f (de un barco o vapor)n.• chimenea s.f.n.• embudo s.m.'fʌnḷnoun ( for pouring) embudo m; (on steamship, steam engine) (BrE) chimenea f; ( ventilation shaft) (AmE) conducto m de ventilación['fʌnl]1.2.VT [+ traffic etc] canalizar ( through por); [+ aid, finance] encauzar, canalizar ( through a través de)* * *['fʌnḷ]noun ( for pouring) embudo m; (on steamship, steam engine) (BrE) chimenea f; ( ventilation shaft) (AmE) conducto m de ventilación -
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1. noun1) (the period from sunrise to sunset: She worked all day; The days are warm but the nights are cold.) día2) (a part of this period eg that part spent at work: How long is your working day?; The school day ends at 3 o'clock; I see him every day.) jornada3) (the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next: How many days are in the month of September?) día4) ((often in plural) the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone): in my grandfather's day; in the days of steam-power.) los tiempos de•- daybreak- day-dream
2. verbShe often day-dreams.) soñar despierto- daylight- day school
- daytime
- call it a day
- day by day
- day in
- day out
- make someone's day
- one day
- some day
- the other day
day n díawhat day is the party? ¿qué día es la fiesta?tr[deɪ]1 (24 hours) día nombre masculino■ how was your day? ¿qué tal tu día?3 (period of work) jornada, día nombre masculino5 (period of time) época, tiempo■ in my day... en mis tiempos...1 (period) época, tiempos nombre masculino plural\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLa nine days' wonder un prodigio efímeroany day now cualquier día de éstosby day de día, durante el díaday after day día tras díaday and night día y nocheday by day día a día, de día en díaday in, day out todos los díasevery day todos los díasevery other day un día sí un día no, cada dos díasfrom one day to the next de un día para (el) otrohave a nice day! ¡que tengas un buen día!in this day and age hoy (en) díain those days en aquellos tiempos, en aquella épocait's all in a day's work todo forma parte del trabajothat'll be the day cuando las ranas críen pelosthe day after tomorrow pasado mañanaon the following day al día siguientethese days hoy en día... to the day hoy hace exactamente...to this day hasta el día de hoynot to be my «(your, his, etc)» day no ser mi (tu, su, etc) díasomebody's/something's days are numbered tener alguien/algo los días contadosto be... if one's a day tener como mínimo... años■ she's 50 if she's a day tiene como mínimo 50 años, no puede tener menos de 50 añosto call it a day dar algo por terminadoto carry the day / win the day prevalecerto have had one's day haber pasado a la historia, haber pasado de modato be one of those days ser un día de aquéllosto have one of those days tener un día de aquéllosto make a day of it quedarse todo el díato make somebody's day alegrarle la vida a alguienday labourer jornalero,-aday nursery guardería (infantil)day off día libreday of reckoning día nombre masculino del juicio finalday release sistema que permite a un,-a empleado,-a asistir a un curso un día de la semanaday return billete nombre masculino de ida y vuelta para el mismo díaday room sala comunal en hospitales etcday school colegio sin internadoday shift turno de díaday trip excursión nombre femenino (de un día)day ['deɪ] n1) : día m2) date: fecha f3) time: día m, tiempo min olden days: intaño4) workday: jornada f laboraladj.• diurno, -a adj.n.• día s.m.• fecha s.f.deɪ1) ( unit of time) día mhe's arriving in two days o in two days' time — llega dentro de dos días
a nine days' wonder: the case was a nine days' wonder el interés en el caso duró lo que un suspiro; from day one — desde el primer momento
2) ( daylight hours) día mday and night — día y noche; happy 1) a), light I 1)
3)a) ( point in time) día mwhat day is (it) today? — ¿qué día es hoy?
every other day — un día sí y un día no, día por medio (CS, Per)
the day before yesterday — anteayer, antes de ayer
day by day — día a día, de día en día
day in, day out — todos los días
from day to day — de día en día, día a día
from this day on(ward) — de hoy or de ahora en adelante
it's not my/his day — no es mi/su día
that'll be the day — (colloq & iro) cuando las ranas críen cola
did you have a good/bad day? — ¿te fue or te ha ido bien/mal hoy?
have a good o nice day! — (esp AmE) que le vaya bien!
any day — (colloq)
caviar? I'd rather have a hamburger any day — ¿caviar? prefiero mil veces una hamburguesa
at the end of the day — a or en fin de cuentas, al fin y al cabo
to call it a day — ( temporarily) dejarlo para otro día; ( permanently) dejar de trabajar (or estudiar etc)
to make somebody's day — (colloq) alegrarle la vida a alguien
to save for a rainy day — ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas
b) (specified day, date) día mit's her day for doing the washing — hoy le toca lavar (la ropa) or (Esp) hacer la colada
c) ( working day) jornada f, día m4)a) ( period of time) día min days gone by — (liter) antaño (liter)
in days to come — (liter) en días venideros (liter)
in days of old, in olden days — (liter) antaño (liter)
in this day and age — hoy (en) día, el día de hoy
in those days — en aquellos tiempos, en aquella época
it's early days yet — (BrE) aún es pronto
to have seen o known better days — haber* visto tiempos mejores
b) (period of youth, success) (no pl) día mto have had one's day: the steam engine has had its day — la locomotora de or a vapor ha pasado a la historia
to end one's days — acabar mis (or sus etc) días
his days are numbered — tiene los días contados
5) ( contest)to carry o win the day — prevalecer*
to save the day: her quick thinking saved the day — su rapidez mental nos (or los etc) sacó del apuro
6) days (as adv)[deɪ]1. N1) (=24 hours) día mwhat day is it today? — ¿qué día es hoy?
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he works eight hours a day — trabaja ocho horas al día•
any day — un día cualquiera•
day by day — de un día para otro, de día a día (LAm)•
every day — cada día, todos los días•
one fine day — el día menos pensado•
on the following day — al día siguiente•
for days on end — durante días•
from day to day — de día en díato live from day to day or from one day to the next — vivir al día
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day in day out — un día sí y otro también•
you don't look a day older — no pasan por ti los días, no pareces un día más viejo•
on the day everything will be all right — para el día en cuestión todo estará en orden•
one day — un día•
the other day — el otro día•
some day — un día•
(on) that day — aquel díathat day when we... — aquel día en que nosotros...
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one of these days — un día de estos•
50 years ago to the day — (hoy) hace exactamente 50 años- carry or win the day- give sb his day in courtblack 1., 6)to make sb's day —
2) (=daylight hours, working hours) jornada f•
to work all day — trabajar todo el día•
a day at the seaside — un día de playa•
to travel by day, travel during the day — viajar de día•
good day! — ¡buenos días!to take a day off — darse un día libre, no presentarse en el trabajo
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on a fine/wet day — un día bonito/lluvioso•
one summer's day — un día de verano- call it a day3) (=period)during the early/final days of the strike — durante los primeros/últimos días de la huelga
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it has seen better days — ya no vale lo que antes•
until my dying day — hasta la muerte•
it's early days yet — todavía es pronto•
the happiest days of your life — los mejores días de su vida•
in those days — en aquellos tiemposin this day and age, in the present day — hoy en día
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in the good old days — en los viejos tiempos•
these days — hoy en día•
those were the days, when... — esa fue la buena época, cuando...•
to this day — hasta el día de hoy•
in his younger days — en su juventudto have had one's day —
dog 1., 1), time 1., 1)he's had his day — pasó de moda, está acabado
2.CPDday bed N — (US) meridiana f
day boarder N — (Brit) (Scol) alumno(-a) m / f de media pensión
day boy N — (Brit) (Scol) externo m
day centre N — (Brit) centro m de día
day girl N — (Brit) (Scol) externa f
Day of Judgement N — día m del Juicio Final
day labourer, day laborer (US) N — jornalero m
day nurse N — enfermero(-a) m / f de día
day nursery N — guardería f
day one N —
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from day one — (=from the beginning) desde el principio or el primer día•
on day one — (=at the beginning) el primer díaday pass N — (for museum, train) pase m de un día; (at ski resort) forfait m de un día
day pupil N — (Brit) (at boarding school) alumno(-a) m / f externo(-a)
day rate N — (=daily rate) tarifa f diaria; (as opposed to night rate) tarifa f diurna
day release N —
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to be on day release — [prisoner] estar en régimen de prisión abiertaday release job N — (for prisoner) trabajo m fuera de la cárcel
day release course N — (Brit) (Comm, Ind) curso m de un día a la semana (para trabajadores)
day return (ticket) N — (Brit) billete m de ida y vuelta en el día
day school N — colegio m sin internado
day shift N — (in factory etc) turno m de día
day surgery N — cirugía f ambulatoria
day trader N — (Comm) operador que realiza operaciones de compraventa en el mismo día
to go on a day trip to London — ir un día de excursión or (LAm) de paseo a Londres
day tripper N — excursionista mf
* * *[deɪ]1) ( unit of time) día mhe's arriving in two days o in two days' time — llega dentro de dos días
a nine days' wonder: the case was a nine days' wonder el interés en el caso duró lo que un suspiro; from day one — desde el primer momento
2) ( daylight hours) día mday and night — día y noche; happy 1) a), light I 1)
3)a) ( point in time) día mwhat day is (it) today? — ¿qué día es hoy?
every other day — un día sí y un día no, día por medio (CS, Per)
the day before yesterday — anteayer, antes de ayer
day by day — día a día, de día en día
day in, day out — todos los días
from day to day — de día en día, día a día
from this day on(ward) — de hoy or de ahora en adelante
it's not my/his day — no es mi/su día
that'll be the day — (colloq & iro) cuando las ranas críen cola
did you have a good/bad day? — ¿te fue or te ha ido bien/mal hoy?
have a good o nice day! — (esp AmE) que le vaya bien!
any day — (colloq)
caviar? I'd rather have a hamburger any day — ¿caviar? prefiero mil veces una hamburguesa
at the end of the day — a or en fin de cuentas, al fin y al cabo
to call it a day — ( temporarily) dejarlo para otro día; ( permanently) dejar de trabajar (or estudiar etc)
to make somebody's day — (colloq) alegrarle la vida a alguien
to save for a rainy day — ahorrar para cuando lleguen las vacas flacas
b) (specified day, date) día mit's her day for doing the washing — hoy le toca lavar (la ropa) or (Esp) hacer la colada
c) ( working day) jornada f, día m4)a) ( period of time) día min days gone by — (liter) antaño (liter)
in days to come — (liter) en días venideros (liter)
in days of old, in olden days — (liter) antaño (liter)
in this day and age — hoy (en) día, el día de hoy
in those days — en aquellos tiempos, en aquella época
it's early days yet — (BrE) aún es pronto
to have seen o known better days — haber* visto tiempos mejores
b) (period of youth, success) (no pl) día mto have had one's day: the steam engine has had its day — la locomotora de or a vapor ha pasado a la historia
to end one's days — acabar mis (or sus etc) días
his days are numbered — tiene los días contados
5) ( contest)to carry o win the day — prevalecer*
to save the day: her quick thinking saved the day — su rapidez mental nos (or los etc) sacó del apuro
6) days (as adv) -
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vapor sustantivo masculinob) (Coc):
vapor sustantivo masculino
1 steam, vapour, US vapor
plancha de vapor, steam iron
vapor de agua, water vapour o vapor
2 barco de vapor, steamship, steamboat, steamer Locuciones: Culin al vapor, steamed ' vapor' also found in these entries: Spanish: caballo - chorro - empañar - humo - vaho - barco - despedir - escaldar - quemar - soltar English: demise - drive - horsepower - mist - paddle steamer - steam - steam engine - steamboat - steamer - steamy - vapor - vapour - condensation - emit - pastvapor ['veɪpər] n: vapor mv.• jactarse v. (US)n.• exhalación s.f.• gas s.m.• niebla s.f.• tufo s.m.• vaho s.m.• vapor s.m.(US) ['veɪpǝ(r)]1.N (=steam) vapor m ; (on breath, window) vaho mthe vapours — (Med) † los vapores
2.CPDvapour trail N — (Aer) estela f (de humo)
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tr[ʧʌg]1 resoplido1 (engine) resoplar, dar resoplidoschug n: resoplido m, traqueteo mv.• traquetear v.tʃʌgintransitive verb - gg- (+ adv compl)[tʃʌɡ]VI [steam engine] resoplar; [motor] traquetear* * *[tʃʌg]intransitive verb - gg- (+ adv compl) -
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nCOAL, CONST aireación fHYDROL steam engine aireación f, ventilación fMECH ENG, PACK aireación fRECYCL aireación f, ventilación f -
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1 nHYDRAUL caída f, desnivel mHYDROL river level salto de agua mPHYS steam engine caída fPROD of drilling spindle, tool holder descenso mWATER salto m2
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